I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death, but those who… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of England could not. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Ad astra per aspera. Translated: "to the stars through difficulties". — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Every man is the center of a circle, whose fatal circumference he can not pass. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Grass is the forgiveness of nature-her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
Delaware: a state that has three counties when the tide is out, and two when it is in. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
